Final- Adversity and Challenges

Watching Swing Kids it showed many challenges. The Nazi’s pressured and brainwashed people into joining the Nazi’s. In the movie there were many problems the boy faced like deciding whether to betray his handicapped friend, turn in the book store owner (ids for the Jewish people), and you can’t forget the woman who knew his father (who was Jewish also). He can’t hurt them because he has a heart and that’s why those challenges didn’t corrupt him. The ending he kept swinging, and ended up in a concentration camp, for the fight of freedom of all people (no matter there color or race they are).

Watching Hotel Rwanda there was many adversity and challenges, Paul started out this movie as a man who only cared about the welfare of his family, but changed to now protect his neighbors (refugees). The Hutu soldiers (or rebels) were after the Tutsi’s, there were no countries that were willing to protect them in the hotel, and also they were running out of food (supplies). Paul waited it out and got everyone to the refugee camps, he wasn’t going to let people kill his people. Thanks to the calls from the higher countries saved them many times also.

Reading the book Persepolis was an experience learning that Marji was just like me in a sense just from a different country. Marji faced many challenges from drug problems, suicide problems, war fighting (Iran), love problems, and just swallowing her pride and wear the vial. Marji faced all these challenges and adversities and got out of adolescents and fought back with little rebels actions and got through it. Although living under these conditions. Marji is a woman with will power and strength (rebelliousness), she’s tough.

Madeleine